What a cute little firefly. I love the harp music in this video, “The Fox Hunter’s Jig”.
Berndnaut Smilde
Dutch artist, Berndnaut Smilde, has figured out a way to create Nimbus clouds in an art gallery for his photos. He does this by regulating the temperature and humidity in a space, then spraying a burst of fog from a fog machine to create a fluffy cloud in the center of the room. He has…
Fat Dragonflies?
Professor James Marden of Pennsylvania State College has been studying Libellula pulchella, the twelve spotted, skimmer dragonfly. He says that they are combative and among the fittest animals in the world. The males are extremely territorial and will engage in aerial fights until one of the chases the other off. However, some of the males…
What causes differences among how people taste foods?
Ultimately, the brain controls how you taste food. Taste is caused by an interaction between the tongue, the nose, psychological cues, and exposure to different foods. Brains are programmed to want fat, most likely because of an evolutionary hang over from times when food was scarce. Research has shown that how intensely people sense different…
Google Moon
Google Moon is amazing! http://www.google.com/moon/#lat=3.601142&lon=-6.767578&apollo= It is made up of a mosaic of Apollo landing site images. 🙂
What makes things transparent?
A solid that is transparent, such as the skin of a glass frog, is known as an amorphous solid. Instead of forming orderly crystals, the molecules in the transparent solid are arranged randomly. This is the reason why we can see through glass and the skin of creatures like the glass frog.
The Butterfly Effect
Do you believe that you make a difference? “A butterfly could flap its wings and set molecules of air in motion, which would move other molecules of air, in turn moving more molecules of air – eventually capable of starting a hurricane on the other side of the planet.” – Edward Lorenz Edward Lorenz was…
Impulsivity and Risks
People have often wondered why impulsive action can override prudent inhibition, especially in teens. One theory is that this occurs because it allows people to take risks that are necessary and face dangers associated with life and passage into adulthood. This phenomena can be observed in both animals and humans. In human cultures teens are…
Light Graffiti
Today, making pictures in the air using a sparkler has been taken to a whole new level by photographers in something known as light painting. Historically, it has been used by Picasso to create a centaur. Gjon Mili’s Pablo Picasso “Draws” a Centaur in the Air with Light Now, we need only to have a…
Self-Discipline
Self-discipline is the ability to overcome desires, delay gratification, and persist when things are difficult. It can be used to get rid of bad habits such as smoking, excessive eating, laziness, procrastination, persistent negative thoughts, or lack of assertiveness. It helps us choose our actions and behaviors instead of being ruled by them. Our society…
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